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noun
Any ornamental plant of the genus Nicotiana
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
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noun
Literature dealing with tobacco-smoking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
American and Asiatic aromatic herbs and shrubs with viscid foliage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Nicotiana
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Broader terms: asterid dicot genus
History
Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Nicotiāna, from (Jean) Nicot (French ambassador to Portugal, who sent seeds back to France in 1561) + -iāna (adjective forming suffix) (feminine of -iānus).
Irregularly formed from nicoti(ne) + -ana.
